Legal Opinion
United States Marine, Inc. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 15, 2013No. 2012-1678PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TARANTO, Circuit Judge.
United States Marine, Inc. (USM) sued the United States in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2674. USM alleged that the United States misappropriated USM’s trade secrets. Specifically, USM claimed that the United States Navy, which had lawfully obtained USM’s proprietary technical drawings under a contract (to which USM was not a party), owed USM a duty of secrecy that it breached by disclosing those drawings to a rival private firm for use in designing military boats…
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